Jerusalem tension erupts in Israel-Palestine rocket fire over Gaza
24 Apr, 2021 09:53 PM
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The barrage of rocket fire came as hundreds of Palestinians clashed with Israeli police in east Jerusalem. Photo / AP
The barrage of rocket fire came as hundreds of Palestinians clashed with Israeli police in east Jerusalem. Photo / AP
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By: Fares Akram and Josef Federman
Rocket fire from the Gaza Strip toward Israel resumed Saturday evening (local time) after a day-long pause despite calls for calm from the United Nations and threats by Israeli leaders to retaliate fiercely.
Tensions in Jerusalem as Palestinians clashed with Israeli police and far-right Jewish groups prompted the heaviest cross-border violence in months between Israel and Gaza. Militants fired a rocket toward Sderot town in southern Israel and it was intercepted by air defences, the military said.